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While it was far from all of them, lots of the people who are decrying AI art were recently gleefully cheering the destruction of blue-collar jobs held by people with what they view as unacceptable value systems. "Learn to code" was a middle finger both to the people losing their jobs and to those who already code and don't want to see the value of their skills diluted. There's been plenty of "lack of empathy" going around lately, mostly because of ideological fault lines. Perhaps this will be a wake-up call that monsters rarely obey their masters for very long before turning on them.

>>Mounta+(OP)
>lots of the people who are decrying AI art were recently gleefully cheering the destruction of blue-collar job

I hear these sorts of statements a lot, and always wonder how people come to the conclusion that "people who said A were the ones who were saying B". Barring survey data, how would you know that it isn't just the case that it seems that way?

The idea that people who would tell someone else to learn to code are now luddites seems super counter-intuitive to me. Wouldn't people opposing automation now likely be the same ones opposing it in the past? Why would you assume they're the same group without data showing it?

I know a bunch of artists personally and none of them seem to oppose blue-collar work

>>Mounta+(OP)
Many of the artists I know personally are blue collar workers. One is a house painter, one an airport luggage handler, one works in a restaurant (which is perhaps working class rather than blue collar per se).

Honestly, I think “learn to code” is mostly used sarcastically?